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When the Church establishes a new feast day it is exercising God’s divine authority
Not long ago, I was asked this question by a caller on Catholic Answers Live:
St. Paul tells us in Romans 14:5:
“One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let everyone be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.”
Doesn’t that exclude the possibility of Holy Days in the Church?
It’s a great question, and as always is the case with Sacred Scripture, context is everything. St. Paul, especially in his letters to the Galatians and to the Romans, is dealing with the infamous “Judaizers,” described in Acts 15:1-2:
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
Continued below.
Are “Feast Days” Unbiblical?
Not long ago, I was asked this question by a caller on Catholic Answers Live:
St. Paul tells us in Romans 14:5:
“One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let everyone be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.”
Doesn’t that exclude the possibility of Holy Days in the Church?
It’s a great question, and as always is the case with Sacred Scripture, context is everything. St. Paul, especially in his letters to the Galatians and to the Romans, is dealing with the infamous “Judaizers,” described in Acts 15:1-2:
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
Continued below.
Are “Feast Days” Unbiblical?
